Weekly Newsletter

Our friends at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue are hosting a Yom Yerushalayim event on Tuesday, May 23, at 6:30 PM, with Mincha followed by a festive Maariv with a musical Hallel.

After services, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, principal of Rambam Mesivta, and Annie Watman, AIPAC's Director of South Shore Long Island, will engage in a spirited conversation about Israel, the Six Day War, the reunification of Jerusalem, and the future of the State of Israel.

A Q&A session will be followed by refreshments.

Sixth Street Community Synagogue is located at 325 E 6th St.

After a festive Parents' Day Kiddush and an outdoor Lag B'Omer event last weekend, our Spring children's programming is going strong.

Next up, babies and tots aged 0-24 months and ther caregivers and are invited for a StantonTOTS morning of learning this Sunday, May 21, at 10am at the shul. The cost is $20/child (receive a $5 discount if you bring a new child!).

Kids of all ages will get a special Shavuot treat at our next FREE StantonKIDS program on Wednesday morning, May 31, at 10:30am.

Thank you to our amazing and dedicated StantonKIDS committee: Laura Weisblatt, Aliza Deutsch, Elissa Sampson and Lindsey Bodner.

For more info and for sponsorship opportunities, email kids@stantonstshul.com. For the complete StantonKIDS and StantonTOTS schedule, click here.

This Shavuot, eat cheesecake and stay up late learning Torah with your friends at Stanton! Join us for a dairy/pescatarian dinner, followed by a community learning program, on Erev Shavuot - Tuesday, May 30 - after services, at the cutest little synagogue in the LES.

Ma'ariv services will begin at 8:10 pm, and dinner will start at approximately 8:40 pm. Due to the high demand, registration will close on May 26 at 7:00 pm, unless we sell out earlier.

Please click here to register for the dinner online. The cost is $30/member, $35/non-member. Sponsorships are available for $100 and include dinner for two.

Following the dinner, we will have a Tikkun Leil Shavuot (evening of learning), featuring talks by Rabbi Bodner and by Stanton member and historian David Deutsch. The schedule is as follows:

10:30 pm - David Deutsch - "The Journey to Moab--Jewish Encounters with Hellenism, Christendom, and the Modern World"

11:30 pm - Rabbi Aviad Bodner - "Conversion and Intermarriage Through the Prism of Megilat Ruth"

The Stanton Street Shul's Annual Membership Meeting is your chance to hear about all that is going on in the shul, ask questions, elect shul board members and vote on other shul-related matters.

This year's meeting will take place on Sunday morning, June 4. Join us for Shacharit services at 9am, followed by breakfast and the meeting at 9:30am.

The membership meeting is open only to shul members in good standing. See below for more about membership dues. This year we will be electing up to five board members -- increasing the total number of trustees to 13 -- and voting on four proposed amendments to our bylaws.

Click here for more information about the meeting, including proxy forms (in case you cannot make it to the meeting) and nominating forms (in case you want to nominate yourself or someone else to the board.)

If you are not sure if you are a member, or have other questions about membership, email board@stantonstshul.com.

One of the many strengths of our shul is the variety and multiple talents and abilities of our congregants. It takes a lot to run our shul and our programming, and we can probably use your help. Are you a tech guru, web design aficionado, or social media wiz? A master event planner, fundraiser, or program coordinator? An accountant, lawyer, or investment professional? A trained carpenter, electrician, or contractor? If you have any of these or other skills, professional or amateur, that you'd like to contribute to Stanton, speak to Rabbi Bodner, Rivky Friedman, or another member of the board and let's think about how we can help make Stanton flourish together.

Looking for a way to give back to Stanton, not right now, but maybe at some point in the future? Consider planning a long-term gift to the shul. We encourage anyone interested in discussing various ways to plan a gift now that will be given in the future to contact Board members Michael Gordon or Rivky Friedman, or Rabbi Bodner. There are many ways to go about planned giving and we are happy to discuss the various options that might work for you.